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FINEXPO EVALUATION
As compared to ORET, ORIO 81 enhances the importance of the
development impact and sustainability and add the striving for
long-lasting relations and twinning embedded in strong institutions
(capacity building). ORIO is not in particular aimed at supporting
the export of Dutch goods and supplies (tied and untied aid). The
programme is more a chain-approach than an approach in benefit
of an individual company. In this approach export of capital goods
may be financed as a component, but hardly as a stand-alone
activity. ORIO assumes to provide better connectivity with SME’s in
recipient countries.
ORIO is open to two categories of countries: ORIO A for the LDCs
and ORIO-B for a predetermined list of other countries. The
procedures are different. For ORIO A the OECD-DAC Guidelines for
untied aid are strictly adhered to. Since no international
competitive bidding is required for the ORIO-B activities, in
accordance to the OECD arrangement ORIO-B will be considered as
de jure tied aid.
Table 21.2: Conditions for funding
France: RPE
Germany: KfW /
ERP Export Fund
Special conditions for funding
The following sectors are eligible to the programme:
urban transport for persons;
infrastructure for drinking water supply;
collection and treatment of waste water and solid
waste;
energy (in particular clean energy), and
projects entering the mechanisms envisaged by the
Kyoto protocol.
The programme looks for active (financial) relations with
international financing institutes, or for linking the programme
with national infrastructure development programmes supported
by multilateral financiers.
RPE is restricted to emerging countries with high potential.
Eligible countries are Algeria, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Indonesia,
Morocco, the Philippines, Pakistan, Tunisia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka,
while on a case by case basis other countries are eligible as well:
Albania, Armenia, Mongolia, and Thailand. If co-financing is
obtained with an International Financing Institute, also Bolivia,
Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Uzbekistan and Peru are
eligible.
The German ERP Export Fund adheres to the eligible sector
mentioned in the OECD Arrangements.
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81 The grants are registered as Official Development Assistance (ODA) as defined by the DAC Guiding Principles for Associated
Financing and Tied and Partially Untied Official Development Aid (April 1987) of the OESO. Hence, the grants are not considered
as “subsidies” in terms of public finance. The concessionary element of ORIO for the non LDCs will be at least the percentage
agreed upon with OECD: 35%; for LDCs this is at least 50%; while for fragile states the grant element might be as high as
80%.
Final report – Appendix 8 – page 146